Forest Roads: The Future (MBSNF meetings)

Without reasonable access, winter or summer, the public's interest in a distant place, whether Wilderness or not, will wane and the demand for funding will continue its downward spiral.

Green bonding, man.  Ira Spring was right.  Harvey Manning was wrong.

Without reasonable access to wilderness (and that means the good stuff, not just the brushy outskirts) public support for wilderness will wither.

The Wilderness Watch notion that a overgrown road is as good as a mountain meadow, as long as they're both "wilderness," is foolish.

We've been blessed with a marvelous balance between remoteness and access in Northwest for the past few decades.

Preserving the balance is our generation's challenge.

We've been blessed with a marvelous balance between remoteness and access in Northwest for the past few decades.

Preserving the balance is our generation's challenge.

Well said! I'm in agreement here. I hope to play a role here for myself and my children after me.

NF Roads Public Meeting - Tuesday, Sept. 10, 5:30 pm, Bellingham Public Library

The Bellingham meeting was last night and was well attended. My take-away from the meeting is that the expected reductions in funding are huge, that the access we currently have will be far different in the next decade, and that places many of us currently use will be hard to reach as the approaches become either abandoned or closed.

There is no current discussion regarding winter travel management tied to this process so entering comments via email or in the MBSNF roads blog will be important.

T-man

Discouraging.

..sigh..